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Tracking the long term changes in those living with congenital heart disease will now be possible thanks to a new Australian first registry launched on Friday 15th September at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. The registry will be informed by an ...

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Heart of the matter: Issue #2

Welcome to the latest edition of HeartKids Heart of the Matter! We aim to share the latest news and information of relevance to all of our HeartKids and Heart Angel families and supporters. As part of our commitment to keeping you informed you will a ...

Congenital Heart Disease Registry Launches

Tracking the long term changes in those living with congenital heart disease will now be possible thanks to a new Australian first registry launched on Friday 15th September at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. The registry will be informed by an ...

Sweetheart Day 2018

Sweetheart Day is just around the corner... Held every year on February 14, this is your chance to get together to help our Aussie heart kids by funding vital support and life-changing medical research into childhood heart disease.

GIA Applications now open

HeartKids’ Grants-in-Aid program supports research and research capacity building in congenital and acquired childhood heart disease. The grants are supported by the program’s Founding Partner, Pinnacle Charitable Foundation (formerly Wilson HTM Foun ...

Heart of the Matter - Issue #1

We've just launched our National eNews Heart Of The Matter this month!
We aim to share the latest news and information of relevance to all of our HeartKids and Heart Angel families and supporters and as part of our commitment to keep you informed yo ...

Strategic Plan 2017/18

We are pleased to release HeartKids Strategic Plan for 2017 – 2020 - The three year plan, approved by HeartKids Board of Directors last month, maps a positive way forward for HeartKids and the congenital / childhood heart disease community more broad ...

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Our Partners

At HeartKids we approach our sponsorships as true partnerships. We will tailor a unique program which suits your business, works towards your specific objectives or challenges, and directly funds the area of HeartKids’ work which you feel most passio ...

Parents

Finding out that your child or unborn baby has a heart condition can be overwhelming.
Many cases of congenital heart disease are diagnosed before a baby is born during an ultrasound scan in pregnancy. In some babies heart problems will be detected a ...

Heart Angels

What is self care? Simply, it means looking after yourself. Self-care helps maintain your physical, mental and emotional health. It’s about identifying your own needs and taking the time to do some activities that take care of you. In order to look a ...

Young People

Childhood heart disease is a lifelong journey and can affect your life in every way. We understand it’s a lifelong journey and one you take with your family and friends.
HeartKids recognises that children and teens impacted by congenital/childhoo ...

Adults

For the first time ever, and due to medical advances, there are now more adults living with congenital/childhood heart disease than there are children - meaning, more are surviving than ever before.
Although this is fantastic news, we are faced w ...

Research

HeartKids receives no government funding and we are only able to continue the life-changing work that we do with the generous support from the general public. HeartKids is proud to have committed over $3,000,000 of funding for research projects looki ...

The Blog

We are really excited to introduce our new CEO Mark Brooke.
Mark has been with us for 4 months and has been busy getting to know the national HeartKids team as well as our families and supporters.
Mark has spent 30 years leading non-government org ...

HeartKids was delighted to see two familiar names on the Australia Day Honour list. Professor Chris Semsarian was awarded an Order of Australia AM for significant service to medicine in the field of cardiology as a clinician, administrator and educat ...

Young people with congenital/childhood heart disease can live long, full, and active lives, but they have unique needs and challenges.
Whether you have grown up through your childhood with a heart condition, or whether you have recently been diagnos ...